Saturday, June 21, 2008

Doing it!

So tomorrow I have been invited to a sewing day. That's right - no kids , no significant others (except our sewing machines) - just 6 hrs of sewing time. There will be food and chatting of course . There will undoubtedly be great tips and show and tell and some sharing, but .........

I know that they are all lovely people.....I have met them all before,

Its just that they....you know .....do that thing.

They've all been doing it for a while, and doing it together for years ......they all love doing it, they adore doing it. They do it alone or in groups and they do it as often as they can. They are kind of addicted to doing it.

And that'sOK - I mean I am pretty open-minded, each to his or her own I say......its just that ........well...........I 'm not that fond of doing it. I don't really enjoy doing it and and I kinda suck at doing it to be honest. That's not to say I won't ever do it, and I'll do it a little bit just to be social but yikes a whole day of DOING IT !

Maybe its just not my thing? Perhaps I could just follow their lead and bluff my way through? I could make the coffee when it all gets a bit intense right?

Surely it would be better for everyone if I stayed home and finished off some monkey limbs, sewed the back onto my scarf, worked on the cushions, re-jigged the new softie, finished the ill-fated fabric birdcage and drew up some new dollies.

I mean they did say I didn't HAVE to do it, just cause they were. They kindly said I could do my own thing and just watch them doing it. But I am a hands -on kind of girl so there is nothing for it.

You could just pretend - you know, run the machine a bit, head down, all intense like, look up, see if anyone is watching, go 'glad I've finished that bit' very sincerely, and then pretend some more! No, honestly Be Brave or 'Keep Calm and Carry On'. I just spied your miniquilt on Lucy's blog - so damn cute - where DO your quips come from??

Jodie you are a riot!! That quilt is gorgeous AND (this is coming from a so called expert quilter) the quilting looks fantastic. Some texture in the green bits would just top it off...maybe some stippling or some diagonals...or some crosshatching? LOL...are you running for your life yet? Have a great day, I know you will and thank you for my delectable pressie!

I absolutely adore this quilte. It's so sleek but traditional at the same time. Who would have thought green could be so absolutely smashing! Did you follow a pattern? If not could you post a few more close ups as I am trying my darndest to figure it out!The best part of quilting is doing it with others..you know the chatting, laughing, food, etc. :)

Oh Jodie, you have nothing to worry about. Your quilt looks fantastic! Hope you had a great day "sewing" with your fellow crafters! I bet when you showed them your quilt they "staggered" and "gasped" and ooowed" and "aaahed"!"Laughing", Kathryn. :0)

Oh, I know the feeling. I am a piercing kinda gal, a "let's identify what colours I like best and find someplace that this quilt will go" kinda gal. I'm not a quilter. My meanderings look like scribbles. I would be busy making coffee and idle chit-chat to determine who would be the nearest but best long-armed quilter. That's my solution to it all: someone else's long-armed quilter. May your dog feet meander peacefully...

Just lovely to me, greens are my favorite anyway. I simply don't believe there is anything you can't do smashingly. Don't know anyone who does the dollies as well as you though.Exta smashing in that category.

I think I could do with 6 hours of instruction in the whole quilting thing ... actually maybe 6 years worth of instruction - it is hard isn't it! The pictures of your quilt though are just gorgeous .....